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Education and Public Outreach THE ASTRONOMY OF THE MAYA- Honoring the Maya in the International Year of Astronomy This event took place on Saturday, 10 October 2009 at the Pickleweed Community Center, San Rafael, CA. The Center for Science Education at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory describes it here. I gave a presentation about space weather. During the talk itself, one of the organizers translated my talk into Spanish on the fly! I also gave an interview for a short documentary piece about the event, which will be available soon. A copy of my talk 'Space Weather - Tormentas Especiales' is here. Many thanks to Isabel Hawkins for providing the Spanish translation. TOPS TOPS (Teaching Opportunities for Partners in Science) is a program that partners retired scientists with teachers to help enhance the science learning of local students. On 16 June 2009, a group from TOPS visited SSL; as part of the day's events, I gave a seminar on solar-terrestrial physics and space weather, explaining some of the work that we do at Berkeley. The Royal Society I was one of 12 young scientists invited to contribute to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society’s Triennial Issue: ‘Visions of the Future’ in Astronomy. My article, 'The Science of Space Weather', describes the basic elements of space weather, the role that magnetic reconnection plays, and the ways in which these natural phenomena can influence our everyday life. This paper was the subject of a Cluster news article which you can read here. ELISA ELISA – Engaging Latinos In Space and Atmospheric (science) is a program organised by the Center for Science Education (CSE) at UC Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory. It has two components: Teacher workshops on science education, using examples from solar terrestrial physics, combined with community events. The opening of a curriculum and teacher training center in San Antonio, Texas. The first ELISA workshop was on 16 August 2008, and I presented a seminar contrasting Mayan astronomy with modern solar and space physics to the participating teachers, who also learned new ways to teach their students about about how the seasons work, and about space weather. NASA Press Conference On 11 December 2007, I participated in a NASA press conference at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, where the first results from the THEMIS mission were presented. The other panelists were David Sibeck, the THEMIS project scientist, and Vassilis Angelopoulos, the THEMIS principal investigator. The NASA press release and associated materials are here, and the UC Berkeley press release is here. Berkeley (formerly Vista) Community College I gave two EPO lectures, in 2006 and 2007, as part of course on weather in interplanetary space. The course was again organised by the Center for Science Education (CSE) at UC Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory, who asked scientists here at the lab to take part. The course details are here.

Education and Public Outreach

THE ASTRONOMY OF THE MAYA- Honoring the Maya in the International Year of Astronomy

This event took place on Saturday, 10 October 2009 at the Pickleweed Community Center, San Rafael, CA. The Center for Science Education at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory describes it here. I gave a presentation about space weather. During the talk itself, one of the organizers translated my talk into Spanish on the fly! I also gave an interview for a short documentary piece about the event, which will be available soon.

A copy of my talk 'Space Weather - Tormentas Especiales' is here. Many thanks to Isabel Hawkins for providing the Spanish translation.

TOPS

TOPS (Teaching Opportunities for Partners in Science) is a program that partners retired scientists with teachers to help enhance the science learning of local students. On 16 June 2009, a group from TOPS visited SSL; as part of the day's events, I gave a seminar on solar-terrestrial physics and space weather, explaining some of the work that we do at Berkeley.

The Royal Society

I was one of 12 young scientists invited to contribute to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society’s Triennial Issue: ‘Visions of the Future’ in Astronomy. My article, 'The Science of Space Weather', describes the basic elements of space weather, the role that magnetic reconnection plays, and the ways in which these natural phenomena can influence our everyday life. This paper was the subject of a Cluster news article which you can read here.

ELISA

ELISA – Engaging Latinos In Space and Atmospheric (science) is a program organised by the Center for Science Education (CSE) at UC Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory. It has two components:

Teacher workshops on science education, using examples from solar terrestrial physics, combined with community events.
The opening of a curriculum and teacher training center in San Antonio, Texas.

The first ELISA workshop was on 16 August 2008, and I presented a seminar contrasting Mayan astronomy with modern solar and space physics to the participating teachers, who also learned new ways to teach their students about about how the seasons work, and about space weather.

NASA Press Conference

On 11 December 2007, I participated in a NASA press conference at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, where the first results from the THEMIS mission were presented. The other panelists were David Sibeck, the THEMIS project scientist, and Vassilis Angelopoulos, the THEMIS principal investigator. The NASA press release and associated materials are here, and the UC Berkeley press release is here.

Berkeley (formerly Vista) Community College

I gave two EPO lectures, in 2006 and 2007, as part of course on weather in interplanetary space. The course was again organised by the Center for Science Education (CSE) at UC Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory, who asked scientists here at the lab to take part. The course details are here.